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Fall vs Spring
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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1736664" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>Fall-- Late August/September best. Weather is stable but hot. Calves wean off into market strength. Cull cows sell into the years best prices, Good grass after weaning if you background your calves. Cows calve in good shape from grazing all summer. Cows breed back well for the same reason. Calves are gone during most of summers heat and cows are dry when the grass starts declining. You can take some time off in the heat of the year. </p><p></p><p>Cons-- You need to feed more hay and the cows get thin towards the end of winter when they are nursing large calves. This year has been bad because of lack of rain to get the cool season grasses going</p><p></p><p>Edit to add--- I also have a smaller spring calving herd. What I don't like is selling the calves and the cull cows into market weakness and the lack of anything to eat for weaned calves that I want to background.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1736664, member: 5381"] Fall-- Late August/September best. Weather is stable but hot. Calves wean off into market strength. Cull cows sell into the years best prices, Good grass after weaning if you background your calves. Cows calve in good shape from grazing all summer. Cows breed back well for the same reason. Calves are gone during most of summers heat and cows are dry when the grass starts declining. You can take some time off in the heat of the year. Cons-- You need to feed more hay and the cows get thin towards the end of winter when they are nursing large calves. This year has been bad because of lack of rain to get the cool season grasses going Edit to add--- I also have a smaller spring calving herd. What I don't like is selling the calves and the cull cows into market weakness and the lack of anything to eat for weaned calves that I want to background. [/QUOTE]
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